Ariana is at the Eras Tour
A period in U.S. history marked by rapid industrialization, urban growth, political corruption, and the rise of monopolies like Standard Oil.
Location of Emilio Aguinaldo's resistance to US colonization after the Treaty of Paris, 1898 ceded the area in exchange for $20 million
What is the Phillippines?
Early 1800s shift to a more interconnected economy with transportation (canals, railroads), communication (telegraph), and industrial growth.
What is the Market Revolution?
Formerly enslaved abolitionist, writer, and speaker; adviser to Lincoln and key figure in pushing for Black equality during and after the Civil War.
This U.S. policy, first outlined by George Kennan, aimed to prevent the spread of communism.
What is containment?
During this era, suffrage was expanded to all white males, the spoils system flourished, and a controversial president vetoed the national bank.
What is the Jacksonian Age?
First permanent English settlement (1607); foundation of colonial economy and society.
What is Jamestown?
During the Gilded Age, big businesses like Rockefeller’s Standard Oil used trusts to dominate industries and limit competition
What are monolopies or trusts?
Founding Father, first Secretary of the Treasury; established the national bank and financial system; Federalist Papers co-author.
Who is Alexander Hamiliton?
This political scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation in 1974.
What is Watergate Scandal?
Nickname for Monroe's presidency that reflected a rising sense of nationalism (1817-1825).
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
Industrial hub; site of the Haymarket Riot (1886), Pullman Strike (1894); symbolizes labor unrest and urbanization.
What is Chicago?
This was a popular belief during the late 1800s–early 1900s; belief that the government should not interfere in business.
What is Laissez-Faire Capitalism?
Leader of the Underground Railroad; risked her life to rescue enslaved people and later advocated for women’s suffrage.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
In 2001, this terrorist attack led the U.S. to begin the War on Terror and invade Afghanistan.
What is 9/11?
This era includes the founding of Jamestown, the establishment of the Mayflower Compact, and mercantilist policies enforced by the British Crown.
What is the Colonial Period?
Center of revolutionary activity—events like a Massacre and a Tea Party happened here. Also had early resistance to British rule.
What is Boston?
This was the name of the South's economic reliance on cotton and enslaved labor drove expansion.
What is King Cotton?
Southern politician and defender of states’ rights and slavery; key architect of nullification and sectionalism before the Civil War.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
This 1973 Supreme Court case legalized abortion nationwide, becoming a major point of political contention.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This era, leading up to the Civil War, saw increasing sectional tensions, the rise of abolitionism, and debates over slavery in new territories.
What is the Antebellum Period?
Site of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant (1865), effectively ending the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House, Virginia?
Economic theory dominant in the colonial era; colonies existed to benefit the mother country through trade and resource extraction.
What is Mercantilism?
Lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education (1954); first African American Supreme Court justice; key figure in dismantling legal segregation.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Signed in 1994, NAFTA created a free trade zone between these three countries?
What is the US, Canada, and Mexico?